Investigators Say Jessica Johnson Took Her Own Life, But Some Suspect Foul Play

Although authorities questioned Johnson's boyfriend, no official suspect has ever been named in her death. The Johnson family's forensic investigator, Dr. Maurice Godwin, has speculated that the police chose not to investigate Johnson's death as a murder due to her drug use. Godwin went on to say in an interview that if Johnson "had been a college female or a housewife with no background or anything, found on a mailbox, oh, you would've never heard the end of it."

Despite never naming a suspect, the Horn Lake Police Department noted that they were following up on tips. In a statement to True Crime Daily, Captain Nikki Lanphere of the Horn Lake PD stated, "...tips and information that we have received have been investigated. As far as we are concerned this is still a death investigation..."